Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg born 25 July as Magdalena Wallin is a former Swedish cross country skier and biathlete.

She was the dominating female biathlete from to , when she retired, winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight.

She has been married to Henrik Forsberg since , also a biathlete and cross country skier. Forsberg competed as a cross country skier from to , participating in the World Cup.

Competing from to , Forsberg won six straight overall wins in the Biathlon World Cup from to She also won six gold medals in the World Championships , became runner-up once, and placed third five times.

At the Winter Olympic Games , Forsberg won two bronze medals. In her career she managed a total of 42 individual Biathlon World Cup wins, which is more than any other female biathlete to date.

Magdalena Forsberg retired from active sports after the —02 season. After being retired for four years she made a temporary comeback in April due to losing a bet.

During large parts of her career, Forsberg was trained by Wolfgang Pichler , who later took over as coach of the national Swedish biathlon team. Forsberg competed at the Winter Olympics both as a biathlete and as a cross country skier.

She is the only Swedish athlete to have won Jerringpriset four times. All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

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The biathlete carries a small-bore rifle, which must weigh at least 3. Each rifle holds 4 magazines with 5 rounds each. Additional rounds can be kept on the stock of the rifle for a relay race.

There are five circular shooting targets to be hit in each shooting round. This translates to angular target sizes of about 1 and 2.

On all modern biathlon ranges, the targets are self-indicating, in that they flip from black to white when hit, giving the biathlete, as well as the spectators, instant visual feedback for each shot fired.

Ear protection is not required during biathlon shooting as the ammunition used is usually subsonic. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane Lanes 1 - 15 are in prone while Lanes 16 - 30 are for standing.

For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. The biathlete shoots twice at any shooting lane, once prone Usually Lanes 1 - 15 and once standing Lanes 16 - 30 , for a total of 10 shots.

As in the individual competition, the biathletes start in intervals. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.

The distance is To prevent awkward or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race.

The biathletes shoot on a first-come, first-served basis at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously.

The Mass Start with 60 starters does not replace the current Mass Start with 30 starters. Everyone skis the first lap together, but then only the first 30 stop to shoot and the second 30 keep skiing.

At the end of the second lap the second 30 stop to shoot and the first 30 continue to ski. The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.

For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.

On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number Bib 10 shoots at lane 10 regardless of position in race , then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots on a first-come, first-served basis arrive at the range in fifth place, shoot at lane 5.

The most recent addition to the number of biathlon competition variants, the mixed relay is similar to the ordinary relay but the teams are composed of two women and two men.

Legs 1 and 2 are done by the women, legs 3 and 4 by the men. Each team has a man and a woman, and each runs two 3.

A team consists of four biathletes, but unlike the relay competition, all team members start at the same time. Two athletes must shoot in the prone shooting round, the other two in the standing round.

The skiers must enter the shooting area together, and must also finish within 15 seconds of each other; otherwise a time penalty of one minute is added to the total time.

Since , this race format has been obsolete at the World Cup level. World Cup races are streamed without commentary via the IBU website. ON Ruhrgas energy , Krombacher beer , and Viessmann boilers and other heating systems.

The IBU maintains biathlon records, rules, news, videos, and statistics for many years back, all of which are available at its web site.

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